L.A.Guns

"K.K. had a massive impact on everybody," the guitarist tells UCR.

Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing's band will play its first U.S. concerts in March.

He contributed to 10 of L.A. Guns' albums across more than 20 years.

The guitarist also tells UCR what he learned from his early days in Guns N' Roses.

"Immigrant Song"-style rocker marks the first single off 'Black Diamonds,' out April 14.

"You can't compare that record to anything else," guitarist Tracii Guns said.

The  hard hock band 'LA. Guns' from Los Angeles that formed in 1983 by Tracii Guns, however; disbanded in 1985 with the merger of 'Hollywood Rose' which became essentially the first line-up of 'Guns And Roses'.